Elena Kagan (assumed office 7 August 2010)
Barack Obama announces Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court |
Nominated to the Supreme Court on 10 May 2010 by President Barack Obama, Elena Kagan became the fourth woman to serve on the court since it first assembled on 1 February 1790. (As of August 2010, there have been 112 justices.)
Kagan was sworn into office on 7 August 2010.
A 2009 image of Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman justice of the Supreme Court, and Elena Kagan, then U.S. Solicitor General |
No comments:
Post a Comment